Front engine dragsters began to fade away after Big Daddy Don Garlits showed the world just how safe and successful he could be in a rear engine design in the early 1970s. Garlits arrived at the ...

Here, we examine how Garlits’ serious accident at Long Beach, California, in 1970, changed the design of dragsters, moving the driver from behind the engine to in front of it; his being first to ...

No joke! This contraption that showed up via Speed Hunters is powered by a 462 cubic inch V8 powerplant with a 14/71 Mooneyham blower and a pair of Holley Dominator carbs.

"And I thought why can't we have a dragster that goes down a quarter mile in a straight line just fine if they're maneuvering around Indianapolis Raceway Park at 200 miles an hour in rear-engine ...